Amazon’s Alexa can now ship textual content messages

Amazon’s Alexa is now capable of ship SMS messages to a contact in a consumer’s smartphone, an organization spokesperson informed VentureBeat immediately. At launch, textual content messages can solely be despatched with smartphones working the Android working system within the United States.

No particulars had been made out there about when SMS with Alexa might be out there exterior of the United States, or when Alexa will be capable to learn you your newest textual content messages. There are not any plans so as to add iOS help because of limitations Apple locations on its messaging API for third events, a spokesperson stated.

Alexa has been capable of ship messages for the higher a part of a yr, however you needed to have the Alexa app put in so as to take action and will solely ship messages to different customers of the Alexa app. Now for those who say “Alexa, ship a message,” you may select to ship a textual content message or a message via the Alexa app.

Free telephone calls with Alexa to landlines and cell telephones within the United States, Canada, and Mexico turned out there final fall. Messaging and video chat with the Alexa app had been first launched final spring forward of the discharge of Amazon’s Echo Show.

By distinction, Google Home good audio system have been capable of ship textual content messages since landline telephone calls turned out there late final summer season.

To add the SMS-sending characteristic to your Alexa-enabled system, open the Alexa App, go to the conversations tab, choose contacts, then My Profile, and allow the Send SMS toggle.